Posted on 08/11/2017 6:54:18 PM PDT by marshmallow
'Our government will not allow any new church to be built in Somaliland'
Somaliland’s only Catholic church has been closed due to “public pressures”, just eight days after it was officially reopened on 29 July.
The self-declared state's Religious Affairs Minister, Skeikh Khalil Abdullahi, said reopening the church had caused “a lot of division” which was not in Somaliland's interest.
The government has decided to respect the wishes of the people and their religious leaders, and keep the church closed as it has been for the past 30 years,” Sheikh Khalil announced at a press conference on 8 August, local paper the National reports.
A ceremony attended by expatriates and ministers on 29 July marked the reopening of the restored Catholic church of St Anthony of Padua, one of a number of churches built 70 years ago during British rule.
The church is located in the Shaab area of the region’s capital, Hargeisa, and has been closed for three decades.
Just days after the opening, Sheikh Khalil gave a statement confirming that the church was not “new”. Sharia law, Khalil confirmed, allows foreigners to work in Somaliland and “practice their religion in private.”
“Contrary to recent reports, there is no new church in Hargeisa,” he said. “Our government will not allow any new church to be built in Somaliland.”
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These savages are going to blow it up.
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And they want to come here.
The self-declared state’s Religious Affairs Minister, Skeikh Khalil Abdullahi...
Umm-hmm.
We need to remind CAIR of this when they ask for anything.
islam defends its fantasy beliefs with death and destruction, therefore they win.
Either kill to defend yours or hang it up.
After we obliterate the NORKs, we should put this stinkhole on the list. Don’t “send them a message”, just obliterate them. No survivors. No refugees.
The moslems can rot in Hell
islam, communism, race superiority and all other fantasy belief orgs need to be outlawed.
Use logic and common sense or get isolated to a remote island or be killed.
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